Landscaping Tips to Sell Your Home

garden birdhouse by Daniel Jaeger Vendruscolo

Based on Feng Shui,, marketing rules, and common sense, there are a number of easy upgrades you can make to your garden and outdoor space to dramatically improve the ‘first impression’ of your house on potential future home-owners so that they are more likely to fall in love with your home and buy it right [...]

April Home Maintenance Tips

Spring is the time of preparing for summer, repairing damage done in winter, and with a sense of renewal, give new sparks and sparkles to tools and equipment year-long in use. April Home Maintenance Projects These projects that are ideally undertaken in or around April: 1. Inspect home from bottom to top looking for damage [...]

March Home Maintenance Tips

Spring is the time of preparing for summer, repairing damage done in winter, and with a sense of renewal, give new sparks and sparkles to tools and equipment year-long in use. March Home Maintenance Projects These projects that are ideally undertaken in or around March: 1. Check operation of toilet. Check the area between the [...]

February Home Maintenance Tips

The home maintenance projects for February involve regular upkeep and well as some winter home management. February Home Maintenance Projects These projects that are ideally undertaken in or around February: 1. Trim branches around the roof line to keep squirrels, roof rats and other pesky animals off the roof. 2. Inspect all vents, repair as [...]

January Home Maintenance Tips

The home maintenance projects for January involve regular upkeep and well as some preparation for the deep winter. January Home Maintenance Projects These projects that are ideally undertaken in or around January: 1. Clean rain gutters. Leave and other debris will hamper drainage and may promote rusting and roof damage. Make sure that water flowing [...]

December Home Maintenance Tips

The home maintenance projects for December involve regular upkeep and well as some preparation for the deep winter. December Home Maintenance Projects These projects that are ideally undertaken in or around December: 1. Clean lint from clothes dryer vent, from the dryer drum to where the air is vented outdoors. 2. Service clothes dryer, cook [...]

7 Tips to Winterize Your Home

photo by Lillian Nelson

“As Fall as surely arrived and is settling in, creating longer and darker days that lead you to increasing hibernation at home, you should really make sure that your house is safe and properly winterized for the cold season.”

November Home Maintenance Tips

November is the time to do the last of the home maintenance projects required to prepare your home for winter ~ things that should have been done in September & October. Beyond this, there are several other home maintenance projects that help protect your house from rain and fire. Good maintenance means both safety and [...]

October Home Maintenance Tips

Summer is probably still here, but Fall is luring around the corner. Now is the time to do any off-season home maintenance projects, and to truly prepare your home for winter. October Home Maintenance Projects After weeks of playing in the sun, you may wish to do some home maintenance on a cloudy afternoon. Here [...]

September Home Maintenance Tips

Summer is probably still here, but Fall is luring around the corner. Now is the time to do any off-season home maintenance projects, and to truly prepare your home for winter. September Home Maintenance Projects After weeks of playing in the sun, you may wish to do some home maintenance on a cloudy afternoon. Here [...]